lúda-
verb. to pass (of time); to come to pass, occur, *happen
tunc
noun. chance, occurrence; arrival; hit at shooting; luck
tullu-
verb. to occur, happen (i.e. come in time)
marta-
to chance
marta- (1) vb. "to chance" or *"happen" (QL:63), cf. mart- "it happens" (impersonal) (LT2:348 read marta-?). Another version assigns transitive meanings to the same verb: "to define, decree, destine" (with the last sense = martya-, q.v.), with a variant umbarta- "in more lofty senses" (PE17:104)
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lûtha-
verb. to pass (of time); to come to pass, occur
A verb appearing as G. lûtha- in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with two meanings: “pass, of time” and “come to pass, occur” (GL/55). It is clearly based on the early root ᴱ√LUHU having to do with time (QL/56).
Neo-Sindarin: The root ᴹ√LU survived in Tolkien’s later writings, so I would retain this verb. However, I would adapt it as ᴺS. lúda- “to pass (of time); to come to pass, occur, ✱happen”, since -tha was no longer a common verbal suffix in Tolkien’s later writings. I would further assume that it means “pass (of time)” when with a temporal subject: i dhû lúdant “the night passed”. When it has a non-temporal subject it means “come to pass, occur, ✱happen”: i vereth lúdant orvedui “the feast occurred/happened yesterday”.
tug-
verb. to hit, reach mark; to light on, chance on, find; to arrive; to chance, occur; to suit, fit, be convenient, ‘do’
A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with numerous glosses: “1) hit, reach mark; 2) light on, chance on, find; 3) arrive; 4) chance, occur; 5) suit, fit, be convenient”, the last with the looser sense “do” (GL/71). It is clearly based on the early root ᴱ√TUKU from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon with the derived verb ᴱQ. tuku- “go in search of, look for, fetch” (QL/95).
tunc
noun. chance; occurrence; arrival; hit at shooting; luck
A noun appearing as G. tunc in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with various meanings: “chance; occurrence; arrival; hit at shooting; luck” (GL/71). It was related to the verb G. tug- “to hit, reach mark; to light on, chance on, find; to arrive; to chance, occur” and thus was based on the early root ᴱ√TUKU having to do with searching and finding (QL/95).
Neo-Sindarin: The meaning of the root changed to ᴹ√TUK “draw, bring” in Tolkien’s later writings (Ety/TUK). However, I think ᴺS. tunc “chance, occurrence” might be salvaged as a derivation of ✱tu-n-k-ē “a thing brought” (derived from the root via nasal infixion or metathesis), which at some point gained the sense “a thing brought (unexpectedly)” and hence becoming “chance, occurrence”, divorced from its later verb form [N.] tog- “to bring”.
m(b)ṛtṛ
root. chance
A neologism coined by Arael posted on 2023-11-21 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), an inceptive u-verb based on √TUL “come”; compare [ᴹQ.] tulma “event”.